Belleville, IL– Andrew Peters of Converse, Indiana wired the field to capture his first POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series feature victory of 2016 on the opening night of Illinois SPEED Week at Belle-Clair Speedway. Starting on the pole of the 20 lap main, Peters barely edged Nathan Benson for the lead on the opening lap. Dodging several slide job attempts in the early goings, Peters worked to maintain a solid rhythm only for the red to fly on lap three for Matt Howard and Steven Shebester on the front stretch.

Returning to green, Peters worked to put distance between himself and the rest of the field as he built momentum on the high side of the high banked Belle-Clair Speedway. Peters saw one more yellow to slow his charge to victory lane as Kameron Key came to a stop on the back stretch. Returning to green, Miles Paulus started pressuring Nathan Benson for second, ultimately taking the position, but never coming close enough to challenge for the lead. Benson ended up third, while Jeremy Camp took fourth. Nick Howard rounded out the top five. Andy Bishop was the recipient of the Sport City Honda of Jacksonville Hard Charger Award after going 20th to 10th.
“We finally did it,” said Peters. “It’s all come together. Pretty good for our third race out this year. It was a good deal. We’ve been struggling a little bit and it feels good to get this PMP rolling.”

“This is pretty neat,” Paulus said. “I ran a spec tire and the hotter it got the better it got.”

“We were catching Peters there before that last caution, but we needed some lap traffic to break it up,” said Benson. “Congrats to him and Miles on a good run. We’ll work a little harder and be better for tomorrow.”